Research Staff

Dr. Vishwajeet Pattanaik

Designation: Specialist Scientist

Qualification:Ph.D. (Computer Science), Tallinn University of Technology

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Modelling driving behaviour of Indian drivers using heavy-vehicle simulator, Investigating the effect of real-time alerts on drivers’ response and their driving behaviour, Simultaneous optimization towards smooth traffic flow in urban environments, Video analytics using unmanned aerial vehicles for miscellaneous object detection applications, Detection and characterization of speed bumps/potholes using smartphones, A self-supervised, visual-analytical approach for automatic detection of cyclonic events in satellite observations.

Research Interest: Machine Learning, Data Science, Image Processing, Ubiquitous Computing, Collective Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction


Dr. Anil NP Koushik

Designation: Research scientist

Qualification: Ph.D.

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.

Research Interest: Travel demand modelling, Activity-based modelling, Neural Networks, Machine learning.


Dr. Pruthvish Rajput

Designation:Research Associate-I

Qualification: Ph.D. (Computer Science), Pandit Deendayal Energy University

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: ML-based Automotive Intrusion Detection and Prevention System

Research Interest: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Embedded Systems.


Dr. Aravinda Reddy PN

Designation:Research Associate-1

Qualification: Ph.D. (Computer Science), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Modelling driving behaviour of Indian drivers using heavy-vehicle simulator, A self-supervised, visual-analytical approach for automatic detection of cyclonic events in satellite observations.

Research Interest: Machine Learning, Image Processing, Speech processing, Computer Vision, Biometrics.



Ms. Nidhi Ahlawat

Designation: Research Associate 

Qualification: Ph.D. (Computer Science), IIT Guwahati

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of an Unsupervised Learning-based Model for Cyber-attack Detection in Power Grid.

Research Interest: Unsupervised Machine Learning, Incremental Learning, Anomaly Detection, Clustering.



Mr. Ashutosh Kumar

Designation: Research Associate 

Qualification:PhD (Civil engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Bicycle simulator

Research Interest: Traffic Safety, Traffic Flow Theory, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Driver Behaviour, Statistical Modeling, Bayesian Data Analysis


Mr. Mayesh Mohapatra

Designation: Project Associate

Qualification: B.Tech(Hons) in Computer Science, Bennett University

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Early Detection and Classification of Cyclonic Storms in the Indian subcontinent using Infrared Satellite imagery, Multiple Object Tracking and Crowd Counting in dense conditions through live drone feeds.

Research Interest: Computer Vision, 3D-Object Detection and Tracking, GANs, Monocular Object Detection, NeRFs.


Mr. Raheemudheen P R

Designation: Project Associate

Qualification: MCA

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Bicycle Simulator.

Research Interest: Computer Graphics, Generative AI.


Mr. Vaishak R

Designation: Project Associate

Qualification: M.Tech in Transportation Engineering and Management, Reva University

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved:Development of city-scale activity based models for Bengaluru

Research Interest: Development of multimodal transportation model for an urban city, travel behaviour survey, creation and estimation of geometric design of highway using OPENROADS and CIVIL 3D software, network augmentation using Q-GIS software.


Mr. Aditya Arvind

Designation: Project Scientist

Qualification: M Tech Syscon, IIT-B

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Data-Driven Driving Behaviour Analysis.

Research Interest: Big Data Analytics, Predictive Maintenance, Data Science, Computer Vision.


Mr. Aritra Karmakar

Designation: Full Stack Developer

Qualification: B.E (ISE), VTU

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: City-Scale Travel Demand Model Development.

Research Interest: Software Solutions, Full Stack Development, Web Development, Emerging trends in JavaScript, Web3, Web Performance, Data Modelling.


Mr. Parikshit Singh Rathore

Designation: Junior Research Fellow

Qualification: B.Tech CSE

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Deep Learning-based Self-Supervised Approaches for Cluster Analysis.

Research Interest: Computer Vision, AI for Good.


Mr. Dileepan K

Designation: Project Scientist - I

Qualification: Masters of Transportation Engineering and Management, NIT Trichy

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Integrated Corridor Management Dhaka North for World Bank, Road Safety Audits, Blackspot Rectifications, In Plant Traffic Layout & planning studies , Journey Risk Management , Crash Investigation ( Road Perspective) and Product Development.

Research Interest: ITS based technologies & Road Safety, Transportation Planning.


Ms. Anushtha Tamrakar

Designation:Project Associate - I

Qualification: B.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur [C.G.]

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of an Unsupervised Learning-based Model for Cyber-attack Detection in Power Grid.

Research Interest: Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning, Computer Vision.



Ms.Preethama R

Designation:Program Assistant

Qualification: MA Psychology (Integrated MBA), Dayalbagh Educational Institute

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Evaluation of Road Rules and Best Road Practices.

Research Interest: Behavioural psychology, Decision science, Socio-Cognitive Psychology.



Mr. Shaurya Pratap Singh

Designation:Project Associate- I

Qualification: B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication, Government College of Engineering Aurangabad

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of a sensing platform for Road Surface Monitoring under adverse weather conditions to enhance existing ADAS systems.

Research Interest: Wireless Sensing, Embedded Systems, Internet of Things, ML for Constrained Devices



Ms. Devika S

Designation:Project Associate II

Qualification: M.Tech in Transportation Engineering

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Traffic Microsimulation Modelling using VISSIM software

Research Interest: Traffic Engineering, Traffic Flow Modelling, ITS, Traffic Road Safety, Transportation Planning



Ms. Anshu Gagana V R

Designation:Project Assistant

Qualification: Bachelor in urban and regional planning

Ongoing Research/ Project Involved: Development of city-scale activity based models for Bengaluru.

Research Interest: My research interest lies in urban and regional planning , transportation planning, physical and social infrastructure planning, environmental planning by using GIS tools like QGIS and ArcGIS.

I aim to understand spatial and temporal patterns in urban cities. My focus is on creating data-driven insights that can inform sustainable urban planning solutions, understanding the challenges in mobility and resource management for resilient city development.